Done fixing up my Carvin Bolt kit guitar

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T-Bone-BBQ

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I've been working at it for a few weeks, I have my Carvin Bolt kit redone I think. I had the frets leveled because they had quite a bit of wear on the first 6-7 frets. I put a 59 in the neck and a JB with an Alnico 2 magnet in the bridge. A 500k volume (with treble bleed) and 500k tone pots with the last pot being a push-pull pot for coil split. I ordered the custom volume and tone knobs and they look awesome, but are pretty tall so I'm not 100% sure I'm leaving them on. The guitar plays and sounds amazing.

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I love the way everything looks, but I have to say I don't like guns. Don't get me wrong, I think you did a smashing job!
 
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I've always been curious about those kits. They seem like they are some of the better ones you can get.
 
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Mincer said:
I've always been curious about those kits. They seem like they are some of the better ones you can get.
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They are awesome. Mine has a one piece mahogany body. Good quality parts, but I never did like carvin pickups much so I swapped them out. I've had this guitar since 2000 and played it a lot. Now after getting the frets leveled it plays great again and with the new electronics and pickups it has never sounded better.
 
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My Carvin has the "whatever" bridge and the "Frank Gambale" in the neck. I gotta say, even though they are fugly, they function tight.
 
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Ignore the holopophobe :D Those knobs have to stay!!! I'd just deal with the tallness. :headbang:
 
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T-Bone-BBQ said:
They are awesome. Mine has a one piece mahogany body. Good quality parts, but I never did like carvin pickups much so I swapped them out. I've had this guitar since 2000 and played it a lot. Now after getting the frets leveled it plays great again and with the new electronics and pickups it has never sounded better.
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Looks great.
Looks like at least two piece body, however. Looks like the book match joint down the middle.
 
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GuitarDoc said:
Looks great.
Looks like at least two piece body, however. Looks like the book match joint down the middle.
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It's not a book match. I should have taken a pic of the back that shows it more clearly. I'll try to post a pic of the back tonight and you can see that's just how the grain goes.
 
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I guess I shouldn't have posted about my custom made volume/tone knobs if this is going to turn into a political debate.
 
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toowrongfoo said:
Never had one pointed at you I assume? Usually that is the case. It's like sports, it's only fun if you win, when you are on the other side it's miserable.
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Oh how so very wrong your assumption is. You have no idea.
 
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